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Events and parking

Park and Ride – Due to construction work on site, we are not able to guarantee parking spaces on the N&N Hospital site. The Costessey Park & Ride Konectbus Service 510, runs Monday to Friday every 15 minutes for £1 per person.

How To Do The Test

Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) Test

The screening test for bowel cancer is called a Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test and analyses samples of bowel motions for tiny traces of blood that may be invisible to the naked eye.

Polyps and bowel cancers sometimes bleed, and the faecal occult blood (FOB) test works by detecting tiny amounts of blood which cannot normally be seen in bowel motions. ‘Occult’ means hidden. The FOB test does not diagnose bowel cancer, but the results will indicate whether further investigation (usually a colonoscopy) is needed.

A kit is used to collect small samples of bowel motion on a special card at home. The samples are then posted to the laboratory for analysis. The test does not diagnose bowel cancer but does give an indication as to whether further investigations are required.